Vesuvius,
the
London
Stock
Exchange-listed
molten
metal
flow
engineering
company,
says
it
has
been
hit
by
a
cyber
attack.
This
morning,
Vesuvius
issued
an
alert
that
it
was
“currently
managing
a
cyber
incident.”
Vesuvius
plc,
a
global
leader
in
molten
metal
flow
engineering
and
technology,
is
currently
managing
a
cyber
incident.
The
incident
has
involved
unauthorised
access
to
our
systems.Immediately
upon
becoming
aware
of
unauthorised
activity
on
our
networks,
we
have
taken
the
necessary
steps
to
investigate
and
respond
to
the
incident,
including
shutting
down
affected
systems.
We
are
working
with
leading
cyber
security
experts
to
support
our
investigations
and
identify
the
extent
of
the
issue,
including
the
impact
on
production
and
contract
fulfilment.We
are
taking
steps
to
comply
with
all
relevant
regulatory
obligations
in
light
of
the
information
that
emerges
from
our
ongoing
investigations.
For
now
the
details
are
scant.
There
is
no
indication
yet
of
the
scale
of
the
problem,
or
what
IT
systems
may
have
been
affected
by
the
attack
at
the
company
which
manufactures
ceramics
for
the
steel
industry.
There’s
also
no
description
of
the
nature
of
the
attack
(although
no-one
would
be
surprised
if
it
turned
out
to
be
ransomware),
and
whether
the
company
has
received
any
form
of
communication
from
its
attackers.
The
attack
against
Vesuvius
is
the
latest
in
a
line
of
ransomware
attacks
impacting
British
organisations
in
recent
months,
including
the
Royal
Mail.
Shares
in
Vesuvius,
which
employs
more
than
10,000
people,
fell
3.8%
in
early
trading.
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